Sunderland, medieval shipyard

HER Number:
81

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Sunderland, medieval shipyard

Place:
Sunderland

Map Sheet:
NZ45NW

Class:
Maritime

Site Type: Broad:
Marine Construction Site

Site Type: Specific:
Shipyard

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary evidence

Description:
The earliest mention of Sunderland as a Shipbuilding port dates from Hatfield's Survey of 1381 in which it is recorded that Thomas Menvill had a place called Hynden (Hendon) for building vessels.

Easting:
40

Northing:
56

Grid Reference:
NZ4056

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 81 >> W.C. Mitchell, 1919, History of Sunderland, p. 128 Rev. W. Greenwell, ed. 1857, Bishop Hatfield's Survey, Surtees Society, 32 (for 1856), p. 132 R. Surtees, 18?, History of...Durham, T. Corfe, 1973, History of Sunderland, p. 29